In recent years, states and localities have faced increasing pressure from fear mongers, nativists, and other constituencies to take the immigration law into their own hands. Many of these attempts have been reported to our readers on the MurthyBlog. Although Arizona received far and away...
It doesn't happen all that often, but often enough to warrant caution among travelers to the United States: Homeland Security officials seizing laptops, smart phones, and other electronic devices at the border and searching their contents - documents, photos, call logs, and the like -...
At a time of mounting religious tensions around the world - including right here in our own backyard - it is heartening to read a story like the one that recently appeared in the New York Times, under the heading of "Amritsar Journal." (See A...
Robert Litan is a pillar of the Washington establishment. A senior economics fellow at the Brookings Institution, Litan also is affiliated with the pro-entrepreneurship Kauffman Foundation. He often is quoted in the press, and is a regular contributor to national debates on economic policy. When...
Perhaps it will turn out to have been the high-water mark of bipartisanship in the comprehensive immigration reform debate, that brief shining moment back in 2006 when Democratic and Republican Senators came together to pass the bipartisan McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill, by a vote of...
A recent article in the Washington Post cites demographic figures from the National Bureau of Health Statistics, showing a drop in the U.S. birthrate for the second consecutive year, to a record low, after peaking in 2007. (See Why Immigration Could Help America, by Suzy...
Many businesses are reporting difficulties in hiring the foreign workers they need to grow, even to maintain their day-to-day operations. The problem affects a wide variety of industries, but has been particularly onerous for employers in the high-tech and agricultural sectors, as a recent article...
Despite a recent court decision suspending the more onerous provisions of the now-infamous Arizona immigration bill - commonly known by its bill number, S.B. 1070 - immigrant-rights activists still want to punish Arizona for enacting the measure in the first place, with some continuing to...
It is famously difficult to amend the United States Constitution, requiring two-thirds of both houses of Congress to agree, or three-fourths of the states, through their legislatures or constitutional conventions. (See U.S. Constitution, Article V) If the process sounds unwieldy and complex, it is, and...
We often call our readers' attention to scholarly studies that document the many economic benefits of immigration - the creative energy and brainpower of foreign-born workers who help America to maintain its competitive edge in a knowledge-based economy. Beyond the hard economic numbers, though, immigration...
